Lauren Burns
Lauren Burns 
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 Australia
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| Society: | Hall's Taekwondo | ||||||||||||
| Birthday: | June 8, 1974 | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Melbourne | ||||||||||||
| Size: | 165 cm | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 49 kg | ||||||||||||
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Lauren Chantel Burns , OAM (born June 8, 1974 in Melbourne ) is a former Australian Taekwondoin .
successes
Lauren Burns won bronze at the 1997 World Championships in Hong Kong in the weight class up to 51 kilograms. At the Olympic Games in Sydney in 2000 she reached the final fight in the weight class up to 49 kilograms after two victories, in which she defeated Urbia Meléndez 4-2 and thus became Olympic champion .
Burns received the Australian Sports Medal on August 23, 2000 and the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) on January 26, 2001 . In 2017 she was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame .
Web links
- Lauren Burns in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Lauren Burns on the pages of TaekwondoData .com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ms. Lauren Chantel BURNS. In: honors.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved April 29, 2019 .
- ↑ Ms. Lauren Chantel BURNS, OAM. In: honors.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved April 29, 2019 .
- ↑ Media Release: Lauren Burns punches her ticket to Hall of Fame. In: sahof.org.au. Sport Australia Hall of Fame , September 27, 2017, accessed April 28, 2019 .
Olympic champions in Taekwondo (flyweight, up to 49 kg)
2000: Lauren Burns | 2004: Chen Shih-hsin | 2008: Wu Jingyu | 2012: Wu Jingyu | 2016: Kim So-hui 
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| SURNAME | Burns, Lauren |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Burns, Lauren Chantel (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian Taekwondoin |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 8, 1974 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Melbourne , Australia |